Separator.



No. 867,240. l `MTBNTED 00T. 1, 19o?.

K. BRUNNER & o. BUHBIMT"` sBPARAToR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1905,

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No. 007,240. PATENTED 00T. 1,1907. K. BRUNNBR & 0. BHRING.

SEPARATOR.

ArPLIoATIoN HLBD JULY 1o, 1005.

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da-wy 'PATENTED 00T; 1, 190'?.4 `K. BRUNNER & 0. BUHRING.

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SEPARATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 1o. 1905.

KARL BaUNNER AND offro BHRING, '0FA MANNHEIM, GERMANY'.

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iva-867,240.

l. .1 Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application filed July 10, 1905.y Serial lila-259.026.

' ATo all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known whatwe; Klim. BRUNNER and Orro Bi-mrNG, subjects of the German Emperor, residing at Mannheim, \U..-6, 16, `Badem in the Empire of Gery 4many, ihave invented a certain new and usel'ul Cen- Itrifuga'l Oil and .Liquid Separator, of which the follow' `ing is a specification. I

` l'lhisfmvention relatesfto an apparatus for separating oil orliquid from live or exhaust steam. In this appa- `ratusthe steam, on entering is conveyed transversely into ar chamber, whosedimension vparallel to the axis ofrotation isseveralltimes larger than its dimcnsionrat right `angle theretogzthe object oi` the arrangement being rthe attainment of` great centrifugal `force andtheprovision of a shortway orthdparticlcs oi oil or liquidv to be separateiand` as a consequenceeiecting a completeV separation of the ,eiland liquid from the steam, even if the latterhas to travel only a short distance.

'Y `The principal object ofthe invention is the construction of an apparatus occupying lcomparati,vely little 'amount of work.' This is achieved mainly by causing thesteami to passons or several pipes which serve at the/Sametime as vinlet and` outlet pipes for Athe steam.

Thedrawingslillustrate four different ways of cony structing the apparatus.

.l -iFigures 4l and.2rare various'longitudinal sections of the first construction: Fig 3 is a transverse section oi the same rconstructionv drawn toanenlarged scale. Figs.` 4and 5 area longitudinal and a transverse section i. `oithe second construction-1 Fig. G shows various transf `verse sections ofa .part of the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5. v Figs.`7iand 8 are a longitudinal and a transverse section ofthe third, and Figs. 9 and l0 similar views Yofl the ,fourth construction. f' Inf the orm of constructing the apparatus shown in Figs. l to 3, twow,.pipes b (Figs. land 3) are rarranged i. Within 4the casing a concentrically with the two curved yhalvesoi the said casing (Fig. 3). The space between the casingia and the `pipes b is by `means of sheet metal partition wall c divided in two eoncentrically arranged .chambers d and er" The steam enters the apparatus at `,:itl is separated by means of 'these partition'walls into two streams, which .travel along th o pipes b through the `charnbersrz in opposite directions and enter the pipes ythrough `slitsg `(FigL 3) provided for this purpose. 0n

leaving the .pipes b thestearn` passesinto thedome h (Figs.` land 2) by means otwhich it is compressed and finally leaves the apparatus at 'i (Figs. 2 and 3). The

of narrow slits through-whichthe particles of oil-or .--liquid separated from the steam bycentriugal force enter the chambers yThe edges of these slits project moves, are bent oblquely inwards, and this es nearly space and ,capable of doing a comparatively large -sheetmetal partition walls are provided with a number `in the` direction opposite to that yin which the steam.

as` possible parallel to the direction in which the particles of oilor liquid are `forced to move, (Fig. 3). By. meansoi thisarrange'ment a continuousand' uninterrupted passage of the particles oi oil and liquid through the` slits is insured, as each separate particle is urged onward by the o ne following it. l By dividing VtheA `chambers e, in whichthe separationAta-kes place, in a number of smaller chambers by` means of longitudinal ribs k (Fig. 3), the" steampis prevented,fromA traveling along these chambers and A consequently again carrying ofi particles' of oil orliquid. already separated from it. i `The pipes b are closed atgtheir lower endby means of perforated covers l (Figs. luandB), an arrange- Iment likewise intended to prevent the steam from again assimilating particles of oil or liquid alreadyv separated from it. A diaphragm m (Figs. 2 and 3) arranged between the pipes b p1 event the steam on entering from passing around the edges of the partition walls cland compels it to enter the two chambersd. vThe pipes b and the chambers d communicate with each other by means of openings (Figs. land 2) arranged below the place where the pipes are closed bythe cover l, consequently a single opening o issuiiicient to draw off the whole mixture of oil and liquid.

v In the construction shown Figs. 4 and 5 and 6, a

lsingle concentric pipe b is arranged` within the cylin drical casing a and is divided into two parts by means of a helical partition wall p.` i Thestearn after entering the right half of the pipe b at f (Fig. 4) |passes through the slit qrprovided for this purpose: into the chamber d be- 85 tween the `pipe and the sheet metal `partition wall c (Figs. 4 and 5) and flowing around the pipe, enters its left half through the slit r and leaves the apparatus at z' (Fig. gli). A number of slits similar to the slits described in connection,with the first construction are arranged in 90 the sheet metal partition wall c.l, Ii preferred the steam can be caused to iiow in the opposite direction, that is to say, it could enter at i, and leaveatf. All'that is required to enable the steam to do so, is so toarrange the partition walls c, that the obliquely and inwardly bent edgesof the slits are again opposite to the direction in, which the steamgjmoves. rThe separation chambers e (Figs. 4 and 5),between the casing' and the sheet metal Ipartition wall c is, likewise as in` the previously described form of constructing the4 apparatus, divided 100 by means of ribs k into a number of smaller chambers.

In the construction shownin 7 and 8 the casing a contains likewise, only a singlefconcentric pipe b which however, in this easeis not divided'by a partition wall. The steam on entering the apparatus at f passes at once in to the chamber d, owsaround'the pipe b until araches the slit gong. s) through which it passes into the interiorlofthepipef'b, lwhereupon it passes again out of` the apparatus reitheihigh up at 'i (Fig. 7) or lower down at In the first case, the flange ,/110

x muy h1 dispt-nsod Vith :ind tho pip(x muy h@ chmod hy the pantitfinn t, whihif tin swnnri nvr-.tngtmwnt is pi'O- furl-mlj th l upper www u is niztdmvitiwnt un ontlvt :tptrturt, In all othvi pin'ticnhnF thi 4 [wrm of t-nnsti'nt'- tionrusclnhlestimt ilhlstintwi in Figs. l tni.

Th(l Cnsinglwf thotninuf (-nwtljnt-tinn shown in Figs. 9 and 10 contains again two jvipos I) whirh zntnimngvd conccntrivnily with th(l two tgnrwd huivvs of the (using. The ste-1m Ontms thth-ft piiw h :it f (Fig. 9) pnssvs through tinl slitv g (Fig, ttt), prm'idtd fur thi pnl'pnsv, from thinv pip(- tn th(l vitamin-1' surrounding it, ti'nvtis around tht1 10ft pipo und ontors thoy thtnnhur surrounding the right hand pipo, t'rnm whimI it pas ttor hm'- ing travlvd around thin` pipo, thrungh ttnstil g into the interior of tht.l right haunt pipv (1, :ind inuily htnvvs th(- :tppzn'utus at yi (Fig. tt.) 

